Congress up in the air about losing nonstop flights

[yortsed snacilbuper]

More than 100 members of Congress are upset that nonstop flights out of a Washington, D.C., airport to their hometowns could be a thing of the past, which they say isn’t fair to smaller communities.

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[monmouth3]

1. Wow. I'm tearing up over this..Boo Hoo..n/t

[Grey]

2. Which part of

" drop flights to duplicate routes " don't they understand....?

[wandy]

3. If I may, a slight and possably more honest change in wording..............

More than 100 members of Congress are upset that nonstop flights out of a Washington, D.C., airport to their hometowns could be a thing of the past, which they say isn’t fair to THEM.

Must not keep that lobbyist waiting you know.

[Downwinder]

4. National should have been closed years ago.

[66 dmhlt]

5. A Funny & TRUE Story about Reagan National Airport ...

During the brouhaha over changing the name of Washington National Airport to Reagan National to honor St. Ronnie RayGun, in the hearings a Repubican got up in favor saying, "I just think our nation's capitol should have its airport named after a president."

A Democrat immediately replied, "It already IS, you twit!"

[avebury]

6. LOL! nt

[mgc1961]

7. I prefer to call the airport Washington National.

I suspect there will be a reduction in frequency from Nashville though not necessarily a reduction in capacity i.e. a substitution of some regional jet service with full-size aircraft that carry up to 3x more passengers. That would mollify competing carriers seeking more slots at National and please the regulators too.

[santamargarita]

8. I'd make the bastards walk!

It's Washington National!